Chapter 123: The Messenger Arrives
In the next few days, Liu Qi got together with Jia Xu, Xu Shu and others to plot to spread rumors to the three counties of Jiangdong, and they selected some very capable, loyal, and intelligent and flexible works, and Jia Xu personally made some nursery rhymes, proverbs, prophecies and other rumors, and taught them to go to Jiangdong and sing them in various ways.
After waiting for a few days, I saw that rumors were spreading in various counties in Jiangdong, people's hearts were fluctuating, people were in turmoil everywhere, thieves such as Chen Defeat and Wan Yu took the opportunity to riot, Sun Quan sent people to fight in the east and west, and he was annoyed, plus the rumors were about Sun Quan's killing of his brother, so many people were suspicious, and what the rumors spread was reasonable, so Sun Quan's current rule can be said to be precarious.
And the most important thing is that the current Sun Quan does not dare to trust other civil and military officials except for those cronies under his command, especially Sun Ce's old subordinates, every time he thinks that they may listen to rumors and rebel against him at any time, Sun Quan is as uncomfortable as a needle on his back.
On this day, Liu Qi was studying scriptures in the tent, and suddenly saw Jia Xu walk in, and said to him with a smile: "My lord, the last general will get the news, Wu County is too Shou Shengxian to raise an army, was killed by Sun Quan, his subordinates Fei Lan, Dai Yuan fled to the mountains to continue to resist, Sun Quan took the opportunity to take the younger brother Sun Kuang as a proton to join Cao Cao, but was opposed by Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu personally returned to Wanling to persuade him, but Sun Quan did not listen, insisted on doing so, as a result, the two broke up unhappily, and Zhou Yu's personal soldiers spoke to him that night, The rumor that Sun Ce was killed by Sun Quan was told to Zhou Yu, and said that Sun Quan held his younger brother hostage to Cao Cao in order to consolidate his position, although he was killed by Zhou Yu, but the last general believed that Zhou Yu had doubts in his heart. ”
Liu Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this, he knew that the situation of Sun Quan's army was turbulent now, and he was waiting for the reinforcements drawn from Lingling and Guiyang to arrive, and then he would concentrate his forces on sweeping away the Shanyue people there, attacking Zhuji and Yan County, and attacking Shanyin, where Sun Quan was stationed. As long as Shanyin encounters danger, presumably Sun Quan will definitely order Zhou Yu to lead the army to support, which will give Liu Qi an opportunity to capture Danyang.
"Hehe, this qiē is all the work of Mr. Wenhe's calculations, otherwise there would not be such a chaotic situation in the three counties of Jiangdong, in fact, Sun Quan is still quite capable, at least until now, Sun Ce's old subordinates have not directly rebelled, even Zhang Zhao and Zhou Yu, Sun Ce's confidants and advisers back then, are also loyal to him, Zhu Zhi was also cited as a confidant and appointed as the new Wu County Taishou, it can be seen that this person knows how to win people's hearts very well."
"However, the chaos in the three counties has dispersed Sun Quan's forces after all, and now Sun Quan is very busy, so as long as reinforcements arrive, we can attack immediately." Jia Xu looked at Liu Qi with a smile, looking like he was holding a wisdom bead.
At this moment, Liu Shi suddenly reported that Yuan Shao had sent an envoy to come, Liu Qi smiled and said to Jia Xu: "It seems that Yuan Shao is going to unite with this official and plot to deal with Cao Cao, and this time he is not looking for his father but specifically looking for me, it should be for me to sneak attack Xuchang to cut off his back road." ”
Jia Xu also smiled: "Actually, Yuan Shao doesn't know, the adult also has this intention, but the time should be after defeating Sun Quan, otherwise, once this Sun Quan is relieved, we want to deal with him again, it will be difficult, so although the adult agrees, but for now, we still have to deal with Sun Quan first." ”
Liu Qi also nodded and smiled: "Sir's words are exactly what I want, let's delay it for a few months, and then consider dealing with Cao Cao after defeating Sun Quan, of course, I will not sit idly by and watch Yuan Shao fall, otherwise, once Cao Cao pacifies Hebei, this person will be even more difficult to govern." ”
After the two made up their minds, Liu Qi ordered Liu Shi to invite the messenger in.
Then I saw a messenger respectfully worship and said: "See the history of Liu Ting, the last general is the general, the Taiwei, and the Jizhou Mu Yuan Gongmen Fengji, and now I am ordered by the lord of my family to visit the general, mainly to discuss the problem of dealing with Cao Cao." Adults should know that now Cao Cao is ambitious, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, it is really a great trouble in the world, my lord wants to lead the army to welcome the Son of Heaven, peace in the world, how can Cao Cao be strong, I want to ask the general to unite with my lord, when my lord goes out to fight Cao Cao, my lord leads a brigade to the division, from the Lujiang River into Yuzhou, and takes Xuchang lightly, then the merit of the Son of Heaven is shared with the lord of my family. In order to show sincerity, the lord of my family will offer a peerless beauty at the end of his life, and I hope that my lord will accept it with a smile. ”
Liu Qi waved his hand and smiled when he heard this: "Forget about the beauty or something, as for the matter of sending and Xuchang to deal with Cao Cao, it is the unshirkable responsibility of the official, although the general is relieved, but Mr. Yuantu should also see it, now our army is fighting with Cao Cao, Sun Quan, and Liu Zhang, and the strength is not enough, so it is also powerless at present, so I don't know if Yuan Gong can allow this official to prepare for a few more months, and after the general quells the rebellion of Huiji Shanyue next year, he will definitely raise troops to Xuchang to help the general." ”
When Feng Ji heard Liu Qi's words, he couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart, because Liu Qi still didn't promise to send troops immediately, but fortunately, the other party accepted the matter, and clearly proposed that he would send troops after the year, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.
So Feng Ji immediately smiled and said: "The last general also understands the current situation of the adults, in fact, the adults can agree to this matter, which shows the heart of the country and the people, it happens that the weather is turning cold, which is not conducive to the decisive battle, and the last general will also persuade my lord to start a war next year after he goes back." Hehe, today's talks between our two sides are very smooth, all of them are because the adults are well aware of the righteousness, and the beauties and other gifts that my lord will give to the adults at the end, and the last general will not dare to bring them back, and please accept them. ”
As soon as Feng Ji waved his hand, he saw a lot of jade treasures brought in from outside the camp, and in addition to this, a woman was brought in.
"Hehe, Yuan Shao is really interesting, his playthings are just demoralized, and he even wants to poison me, although these jade treasures are exquisite, how can they get into my eyes? As for women, I am my Liu Qi conceited, how many people in this world can compare to my family's Ruyu and Xiao Qiao? ”
Liu Qi originally wanted to refuse these things, but he was afraid that this would cause Yuan Shao to misunderstand, so he had to accept them.
Originally, he just swept the woman in front of him casually, but he couldn't help but secretly exclaim, because the woman in front of him was so beautiful, it was really rare in his life, even if it was compared to Lujiang Erqiao, it was not inferior.
What made Liu Qi feel even more eye-catching was that this woman exuded a strong bookish atmosphere, which made people know at a glance that she was not a very talented woman.
"I really didn't expect that this Yuan Shao would be so visionary and choose such a talented woman for me, this person is so temperamental just from the outside, and it seems that he is definitely not a nameless." Liu Qi couldn't help but secretly wonder, but he still remained silent, lightly thanked Yuan Shao, and ordered someone to bring the gift and the woman down.
The two gossiped for a while, and Feng Ji said goodbye to Liu Qi, and Liu Qi did not force him to stay, so he personally led people to see Feng Ji off.
After sending Feng Ji away, Liu Qi ordered someone to bring the woman up, looked at her deeply, and then asked, "What's your name?" Where are you from? Why are you willing to travel thousands of miles to our army? ”
I saw that the woman glanced at Liu Qi in horror, and said in a little panic: "The concubine's surname is Zhen, her name is Luo, she is a native of Zhongshan Wuji, and her father's name is Yi, she was originally Shang Cai Ling, and she died when the concubine was three years old. ”
"What ?!!!" Hearing the other party's answer, Liu Qi couldn't help jumping up in shock, pointed at the other party and said, "You said your name is Zhen Luo?" Shang Cai Ling, the daughter of Zhen Yi? But Zhen Yi's youngest daughter? ”
"How do adults know about concubines?" Zhen Luo's eyes revealed a hint of surprise, and then he said slowly: "What the adults said is right, my father gave birth to three sons and five daughters, and the eldest brother of the concubine was named Yu, who died early; The middle brother is famous, was promoted to filial piety, originally a general Peng, Qu Liangchang, unfortunately passed away three years ago; The third brother is named Yao, who is promoted to filial piety; The eldest sister of the concubine is named Jiang, the second sister is famous, the third sister is famous, and the fourth sister is famous, all of whom are married to local wealthy families. The concubine is 17 years old this year, and she is the youngest in the family. ”
"Sure enough, it's her, the future Empress Wenzhao Zhen Mi, shouldn't she be the wife of Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi? How did it get to me? Liu Qi still couldn't believe that such a good thing would fall on him, so he asked, "Isn't it rumored that Miss is going to marry Yuan Xi, the second son of the general?" How was it delivered here? ”
Zhen Luo's eyes showed a hint of surprise again, followed by a trace of resentment, and finally said with a wry smile: "Don't hide it from your lord, the concubine is indeed talking about marriage with this person, but because Feng Ji is attached to the third prince Yuan Shang, in order to take revenge on the second son who is close to the eldest prince, he proposed to the general and dedicated the concubine to the adult, so as to win over the adult to attack Cao Cao, and at the same time deliberately create a contradiction between the adult and the eldest prince and the second son, so that in the future, when the general dies, he can unite the adults to deal with the two princes." When the concubine heard about this, she wrote to the second son, asking him to plead with the general, and the clinker sank into the sea, and the concubine knew that the second son did not dare to say much, so she had no choice but to follow Feng Ji to see the adult. ”
"So that's the case, it's a good plan." Liu Qi nodded, and suddenly smiled: "I don't know if Miss is willing to return to her hometown?" As long as the young lady nods, the official is willing to send the girl to reunite with Yuan Ergongzi. ”
Although he is very reluctant to miss such a beauty with him, Liu Qi knows that the twisted melon is not sweet, if the other party cares about other men, he will not be nostalgic, after all, he already has Kuai Ruyu and Xiao Qiao, and he is already very satisfied in this life. What's more, Liu Qi is sixty or seventy percent sure that she will not leave from Zhen Luo's expression just now and her understanding of history.
Sure enough, seeing that Zhen Luo's eyes were full of anticipation at the beginning, he immediately shook his head and said, "Since Yuan Xi has chosen to give up his concubine, why should the concubine follow him again?" What's more, the general has already given the concubine to the adult, if the concubine goes back like this, how can he explain to the general? I'm afraid that this will also harm the clan, so, thank you for your kindness, the concubine body still won't go back, the concubine body now belongs to the adult, please feel free to dispose of it. ”